Packing-case



NrrED STATES lPain-irrt Finca.

JOHN BURT, OF IRON RIVER-MICHIGAN.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,705, dated November27, 1 894. Application filed September 4, 1894. Serial No. 522,045. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that'I, JOHN BURT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Iron River, in the county of Iron and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which1t appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to packing cases.

The object of my invention is to providea packing case having a seriesof compartments with a detachable bottom and cover and a fasteningdevice for securing them together for shipment as a single crate orcase. l Y ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification Figure l is a perspective View of the packing casecomposed of three compartments and showing the device for holding andlocking them in position. Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 aredetail views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings A denotes the cover for thepacking case; B, the bottom and 0, C, C, the compartments. D, D, D,denote a series of links of a length to correspond with the depth ofeach com-v partment or slightly to exceed the same, united to form achain, and passing through eyes or rings c,.c, c, secured near the upperfourcorners of eachcompartmen t. The lower link is fixedly secured tothe bottom piece through the ring or eye attached thereto, and the upperlink is adapted to engage With the binding rods E E, the ends of whichproject over the sides of the cover A as shown in Fig. l. Said rods haverigidly secured thereto about midway of their length flat metal hasps EE which overlap when in position and register with a staple a rigidlysecured toy said cover.

F denotes a padlock for securing the hasps in position and locking thefastening which holds the compartments together.

The cover A is shown in detail in Fig. 4

and is provided with bails or handles c at each end, and on top withlugs c2 between which the hasps are fitted to prevent their sidewisemovement.

The bottom piece B is shown in detail in Fig. 3 and is provided withrings or eyes c near each corner, or said rings may be secured .as shownat the ends of dat binding rods rigidly secured to the under side ofsaid bottom piece the projecting vends of which hold said rings. Thecompartment is shown in detail in Fig. Zand is provided on the insidewith brackets or rests c which support the compartment above, and on theoutside at the upper four corners with rings or eyes c. Around the upperedges of the walls on the outside a wire frame is formed and said edgesturnedV over the wire, giving a neat finish and strengthening the wallsof the compartlnent. Said walls Hare outwardly near the top sufficientlyto admit the bottom of other compartments. The compartments arerectangular in shape and of the same dimensions and are arrangedtogether without reference to number or order. The drawings show threecompartments but itv is evident that the number may be decreased or itmay be increased by adding to the number of links D. .y

The drawings/represent a metallic packing case but I may make thecompartments of veneer and the cover and bottom pieces ot' metal. Afterthe compartments are packed for shipping they are arranged together byfirst placing one compartment on the bottom piece and passing the linksthrough the rings on each side thereof. Another compartment is thenfitted on top and rests on the bracket c. The links are then passedthrough the rings on each side of the second box and so on until theupper compartment isplaced in position When the cover is placed over itand the links engaged with the projecting ends of the binding rods.

Having shown and described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A packing case composed of compartments supported one upon the otherand arranged between a relatively flat top and bottom cover both commonto each compartment, and means for clamping said covers and theintermediate compartments together.

2. In a packing case composed of compart- In testimony whereof I herebyaffix my sigments supported one upon the other and pronature in presenceof two Witnesses. vided with a cover common to all the comf 1 binationof the links, the bindingrods hav- JOHN BURI' 5 ing the hasps and meansfor locking said \Vitnesses:

hasps to the cover, substantially as shown and P. OBRIEN, described. .T.KROUSE.

